Glasgow City Council Pauses Plan to Fire and Rehire 23,000 Staff
Talks between the council and three trade unions are set to resume early next week in an effort to reach a new pay agreement.
Talks between the council and three trade unions are set to resume early next week in an effort to reach a new pay agreement.

The court held that under the Industrial Relations Act, a portion of a trade union's executive body need not consist solely of employees of the relevant industry.

The council says redundancy notices will be withdrawn if three unions agree to ballot members on its pay offer.

Motion approved by British trade unions calls for action against what it describes as the 'catastrophic destruction of Gaza' and settler violence, Al Jazeera reports.

Trade unions that donate to the Labour Party are set to press their demands on government figure John Healey ahead of next month's Budget, according to the BBC.

Labour-affiliated trade unions are set to meet a senior minister this week to outline demands, including calls to raise tax thresholds, ahead of next month's Budget, according to the BBC.

A coalition of trade unions has raised concerns over £72m in donations to Reform UK, saying such spending threatens the "integrity of democracy."

Trade unions have called on the government to ease proposed reforms that would double the qualifying period for permanent residency for most migrants, according to the BBC.

General secretaries call union funding the "cleanest money in politics" as they urge further action on big-money donations following Reform UK's unprecedented windfall

Union body raises concerns over political funding but does not endorse donation caps, as Lib Dems push amendment and Farage threatens to block union funding for Labour